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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. KairosDB vs. SAP IQ vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. FileMaker vs. KairosDB vs. SAP IQ vs. SurrealDB

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Distributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedDocument store
Graph DBMS
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Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationkairosdb.github.iohelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSAP, formerly SybaseSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release20161983201319942022
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.2.2, November 201816.1 SPS04, April 2019v1.1.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaRust
Server operating systemsLinuxiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
PHPJava
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infobased on Cassandrashared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple password-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes, based on authentication and database rules

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